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JOHNSON AND STANTON.
Inside Facts of the Personal Quarrel Which Led to
One’s Impeachment Trial and the Other’s
Resignation as Secretary of War.
Of all the in'n who held public office
during t!ie civil war period of our his
tory. not one was so little a politician
as Edwin M. Stanton, and yet there was
mi one who excited so much the animos
ity of politicians. This frank and fearless
determination lo do his duty without re
gard to polities led him to oppose demo
crats ofttner than he did Republicans,
though Mr. Stanton was himself a demo
crat. and never took part in the political
organization of any other party. President
Buchanan respected and appreciated him;
President Lincoln greatly admired and
much prized him: President Johnson had
Ivon especially in sympathy with him.
and a cordial co-operator with his action
throughout the war. He continued to be
so until tie turned trailer to the Union
men of the country and sought to aid
those who had lately been in rebellion,
shortly after his accession to the presi
dency. Then Secretary Stanton, who. be
cause his energy for what he deemed to
he right was always predominant over his
sense of policy ami camion, was constant
ly in controversies, encountered the third
conspicuous controversy of his public ca
reer.
W'h n President Johnson resolved to go
into opposition to the party of the Union,
with which he had previously acted, he
sounded th• members of the cabinet left
him by President Lincoln to find how
much he could depend upon their support.
Seer- tary Seward at once declared his
fealty to what the president was soon to
term “my policy;" Mr. Wells followed in
the same vein: Mr. Denison tried to make
peace by hoping that the differences be
tween the president and those lie had
abandottd might be reconciled; Mr. Speed
avoided committing himself on one sid-
or the other; Mr. Harlan announced that
his opinions could lie found in his speech
es in the senate, from which he had not
changed, and that he was with the Union
party. A political club, which had 'been
organiz'd in President Johnsons inter
est, drew out this defining of positions.
Mr. Stanton went to it and made a
characteristic speech, in which he stated
his position elaborately, and explicitly. It
was not in accord with that of President
Johnson. It is not necessary to say that
this made Mr. Johnson his violent enemy.
Tile resignations of three of the mem
bers of the cabinet, whose replies noted
above were not satisfactory to the presi-
were soon after obtained. It was not con
sidered by the Union men in congress es
sential that they should remain in of
fice; but by this time Mr. Johnson had
come inro open and declared hostilities
with that bony, and it was thought ne
cessary that the important department of
war should not be put into his hands.
There was an appeal on their par;, there- '
fore, to Mr. Stanton to continue in of- j
lice, in which the leading Union men in :
the country joined. He took the most difil-
nil and disagreeable task of his life on
his hands in assenting to it.
Congress was passing laws at this time i
relating to the lately revolted states, I
which the president was determined to I
obstruct in operation. He needttl the war j
department in his hands to do this, and
the secretary of war was induced by con- I
gress to continue in his position to thwart
his purpose and see that the laws were |
cnfoieed. H- had not only the support of J
that body, which would not allow him to !
ia removed, but he had the aid of General J
Grant, then the head of the army. Grant !
tally agreed that it was necessary to pro- t
serve the war department against the
president. He wanted to be himself in I
Washington to aid Mr. Stanton. “Every |
day that I am absent from Washington.'’ j
he wrote the secretary. “I see something |
in the pap, is. or hear something, that j
makes me feel I should be there." and lie j
further requested Stanton to "inform me j
when you think it essential that i should
go back. IP offered to take Stanton's I
place on guard there, as he wrote, "be- |
cause f feel that your health requires it." i
W lien the president subsequently sought j
to procure Grant's concurrence in Stan- j
•on’s removal. Grant wrote him that he l
could not accord if: that the "tenure of I
office act." which was law. was intended I
specially to protect Stanton, and that I
"the country felt, gr at confidence" in !
him. The president then directly called j
upon the secretary to resign, to which i
Suinton replied tluu "public considera- i
tions of a high character, which alone i
have induced me to continue at the head i
of the war department, constrain me not !
to resign the office of secretary of war j
before the next meeting of congress.” bet
ters at once poured in upon the secretary
from distinguished men throughout the
country, commending his course and urg
ing him to adhere to it.
The next step of the president was the
suspension of Secretary Stanton. General
Gran;t was placed over the war depart
ment in his stead. Stanton, believing the
action to be illegal, was hurt that Grant
should hav< consented to be used for this
purpose. Grant was very frank with the
president in accepting the position. He re
minded him in a letter that he had pro
tested against Stanton’s removal, and
that he consented to serve now to prevent
an appointment which might embarrass
tlie army in the performance of duties
imposed upon it by the laws. This was
tli., reverse of oonrpllmentary. hut the
president was compelled to receive the
wholesome truth. When the senate again
mot it condemned the action of the presi
dent by a vote of 3.1 yeas to nays. Stan
ton. who appears to have been still sore
toward Grant, at once resumed his office
without any show of ceremony toward
Grain. This was a clear mistake, and it
set Grant against him to an extent from
which he never recovered, it was unfor
tunate. and Grant appeared better in the
transaction than did Stanton. The latter’s
excuse for it. as given by his biographer,
is that he feared Grant would not recog
nize his right to return. He was unjust
here, for Grant at once accorded it, and
had had no intention of acting otherwise,
’•'lie reason lie gav- for taking the place
should have neon remembered, also, in his
favor.
President Johnson’s last step was to re-
j move Stanton in defiance of the senate,
j It was oir of rlie acts that led to his im-
■ peaehment and attempted removal from
office. The appointment of General Loren -
j zo Thonjas to be secretary of war ad in-
I terim. and the refusal of Stanton to va
cate the office, and his remaining in the
war office building night and day for
weeks, in prevent Thomas' taking posses
sion of it. are well remembered. He did
not leave the building or vacate the office
until the impeachment resolutions were
defeated, when lie surrendered, and Gen
eral Schofb id was nominated and con
firmed as his successor, but not until the
senate, in taking the latter action, had
put on record its declaration that Stan
ton had not been legally removed, and
that the vacancy had been created by his
own act of relinquishment.
GEN. WHEELER’S SPEECH.
Sublime Words of the Old War
Horse at Confederate Con
vention.
Probably the most notable speech made
heiore the Confederate Veterans’ en
campment at Charleston, S. t_\. recently
was that of General Joseph Wheeler The
audience rose as General Wheeler stepped
forward, apparently much affected He
wore a black Prince Albert suit ' with
badges on each lapel of his coat He
spoke deliberately, calmlv and c iearlv
the audience giving him close attention!
His reference to the general sorrow
i caused by the death of Winnie Davis af
fected many to tears. General Wheeler
said in part:
" , history of onr country, when com
pared to that of all the eras that have
preceded ns, shows that our civilization
has produced the highest class „f men
and the noblest type of soldiers The
very idea of liberty nerves the soul and
lives the heart. Defeat but exasperates
adding desperation to vigor and
to determined resolve.
"tt was the teaching of fathers and
mothers who fled trom the oppression of
caste and class, braved the unfathomed
ocean and landed upon these shores con
fronted by wild beasts and savage In
dians. Dial the highest honor and great
est privilege was to tight for country, its
safety and its honor.
"if the people of the north excel in
some qualities, it is also true that those
of the south excel in others, h has been
said that tenacity of purpose, thrift and
perseverance predominates in the north
ern character. This may probably he so.
hut it is also true that other characteris
tics arc more noticeable among the peo-
}>le of 1 he south.*’
Geiural Wheeler declared that the mili
tary history of the southern people has
been a prominent feature in history from
the first settlement of tills country, lie
cited H ashington and the other southern
commanders of the revolution, Winfield
Scott and Andrew Jackson, and the other
heroes of the war of 1812. the southern
generals who won fame in the war with
Mexico, and then passing to the war be
tween the states, he said:
"The battle-scarred veterans, who dur
ing four years of bloody warfare dazzled
the world with the splendor of their he
roism, are fast passing away. The few
who remain gather annually to renew the
friendship which, formed among sneh
scenes, is the warmest and most enduring.
| Xo greater heroes were in tile legions led
j by Alexander. Hannibal. Charlemagne or
Napoleon, for your achievements excelled
all theirs.
“In the greatest battles of the civil
war you contended with men of endur
ance. fortitude and courage; men with the
same birthright of freedom, imbued with
the same spirit of liberty, men who were-
ae conscientiously contending for what
they deemed the right of the Federal gov
ernment as you for what you just as
firmly held to be your rights/
"While our civil war was, I may truth
fully assert, the most sanguinary record
ed in history, it was also the most re
mark;! ole. as in it there was no element of
personal hostility, and the soldiers as in
dividuals could not in the nature of things
have entertained feelings of hatred for
each other. They fought not from re
venge. not from malice, not from desire
to shed blood, not from ambition, but
simply because they felt that there lav
the path of duty.
ft was a war fought to settle questions
that for more than half a century had
been matters of the most earnest and !
might say* bitter contentions, increasing
in intensity until an appeal to god of
>atties was rendered iJevitabbA so that
bo arbitrarymI save of the
possible. When the south yield, *0. !i , v as
to numbers, battalions, artillery. u> the
| unlimited resources of the Federal gov-
| eminent.
I he armies of the south laid down their
j arms, but not one iota of their belief in
| until and justice or their cause did
, they surrender. With energy- and deter-
I ruination they met the new problems con-
) fronting them.
i ’Above the carnage, above the wail of
; widows and th° cry of orphans, above
the desolated homes.above the fields over
grown with new forests, there arose
new civilization and a new Union, one
niche in whose temple holds a figure
whose name shall be honored throughout
the ages. Lee. whose matchless skill
whose soldierly spirit, whose wonderful
endurance, were only equaled by the
grandeur of soul which, accepting the
Mat of war, lived out to its full close the
noblest life recorded in all history for the
admiration of posterity.
•‘As between the soldiers on either side
there was no real enmity. Mutual admi
ration for each other’s prowess is the
sentiment of all brave men. and with
admiration respect naturally increases.
The lifetime of a generation has softened
the memories of that conflict, and side
by side, both north and south have stood
together in battle against a foreign foe.
We meet here to cherish and Intensify
the memory of the great struggle
which you were actors. Your devotion to
duty, your courage in battle and your un
murmuring endurance were your heritage
from your ancestors.”
BEHAVIOR IN BATTLE
Some Character Sketches of the Old Company -The
Coward and the Truly Brave Soldier of
One Company.
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Editor Sunny South: It is a common re
mark that the present generation fre
quently hears from the lips of the "old
vets that tlie "home bully" did not make
a good soldier. .At the time of the lie-
ginning of the war between the states
tlie "bully’’ was much more common
than in the present generation. Then the
carrying of pistols as a precaution for
self-defense was entirely unknown, and
men depended upon their own muscles,
and it was extremely seldom that you
ever heard of a man shooting his antag
onist in a personal encounter. Fisticuff Hi
ring lighting was fr
and almost every neighborhood had its
eliampion. who was ready to avenge any
insult, real or fancied, that was put up
on it. Private difficulties were settled by
such appeals, and thus there was in al
most every little town some individual
who acquired the name and reputation of
being invincible in such fights. Dan J
was the champion of tlie little- town
where our company was made up. and
even at that date, having heard the com
mon remark about the relative merits as
lighting material of the "bully" and tin-
ordinary individual. I watched Dan close
ly from i lie day of his joining.
i he boys were not the best pleased in
the world when Dan came to us. He was
always so ready for a fuss or a tight on
any and every pretense or occasion, lie
seemed absolutely without fear in such
encounters, and did not seem to dread
the knife any more than lie did the fist.
At home Dan had been engaged in one
or two fights in which the pistol had been
used, and he had then carried his part
as fearlessly, seemingly, as when only
the natural weapons had played a part.
From my observation of him. I believe
he was absolutely without thought of fear
or the consequences in these contests, and
perfectly regardless of danger. While in
instruction camps Dan had many encoun
ters with the other men. and his quarrel
someness and lighting propensities had
rendered him very unpopular, not only
in the company, but over the whole reg
iment. and he spent the most of his time
in the guard house as a consequence of
his many rows.
We were rushed out of instruction camp
into the midst of the battle, almost with
out halt or thought, for "Old Pap" Price
and Vandorn were needing us mighty bad
to keep the Yanks from running over
them at the second battle of Shiloh tor
rather Corinth). We were taken from tlie
train and hurried on to the
our hard pressed troops without
breathing spell. It happened that [ was
left in charge of a small detail to perform
a little fatigue duty, with instructions to
hurry through and join the eompanv in
the line of battle. This delayed my detail
near an hour, and when we were ready
to find our companions in front. the
lighting had opened up in tun order. Now,
’.on may say what you please about "the
lust of battle" and "smelling the battle
trom afar." and saying "Hal ha! to the
captains and the shoutings.’’ but to it
young an<l untried soldier going into his
nrst uiie, just over tlie heels of his own
regiment, oyer the ground that they but
a short while before charged and drove
the enemy from, and seeing dead men
and wounded scattered along the route
and occasionally one of his own
and meeting the litter bearers
the wounded to the rear. etc.. 1 s;
tuently resorted to. j nla A talk about these things, and
otism. and the pride of character, and
the love of country, and all these
but to at least one of the boy
tail that had that
any gr
that d
had
company,
ca frying
say. you
patri-
things,
of my de-
txperience, there wasn’t
lust of battle, so ro speak,
day. It was my first battle, but [
much rather have been somewhere
else. Just as we got where the 'cannon I
balls would take off the limb or tiie top
of a tree and drop it down about us, with
out even saying so much as "look out ” I
and the litter bearers began bringin- the !
wounded thick and fast, we saw a little to
Lhe left Dan. without hat. gun. knapsack, ;
cartridge box or other "impedimenta ” 1
with hair, flying, going to tlie rear at i :
"twice double quick.” To our hail he
shouted "water.” and as that was the
last that any or the company ever saw
ot him until after all danger of Yankee i
millets had past. 1 so entered on the ros- !
ter. after the name of Dan J "Gone i
after water." ;
Jimmie B was the antithesis of Dan !
in every particular. He was almost ef
feminate m build, with features as soft
as a woman’s, kind of heart and obliging- j
lie was liked by all with whom he came I
ill contact. He shrank from suffering and I
turned sick at the sight of blood. He I
nould turn away with an incontrolable j
shuck,er from the bleeding recipient -of
an accident, unless he could be of assist-
ance to the sufferer, and then no one >
could have a tenderer touch or stouter j
heart. He had an instinctive dread of all
that was coarse or cruel or brutal Me 1
disliked contention so much that he would I
suffer wrong rather than have a quarrel. I
though this was the case onlv where it I
was an individual matter, for in defense j
ot a friend or the rights of others he was i
as bold as a lion and as pugnacious as a 1
game cock. Before we had been in the j
service long he had captured the hearts
the whole regiment, for here, truly
of
uPPort of | was the place to try men. and determine
any | the stuff they were made of. His exceed
ingly small stature gained him the affec
tionate soubriquet of “Our Baby. ” and bv
it he was known throughout the entire
brigade. I confess that on account of this
same size (or. rather, want of it), his ten
derness of heart, his utter dislike of all j
strife and horror of all bloodshed 1 was *
anxious for Jimmie's bearing in battle.
I did not see his “baptism of fire." but
• those who did said it was something
wonderful. When i first saw him in bat
tle. was after that anxious time that in
time of war comes to the soldier, when
lie realizes that duty and danger, with
great probability of death, have joined
hands: the time when he is about enter
ing his first battle for his country's cause.
When I did see him. the regiment had
made one successful charge, driving the
enemy, and were just ready to make a
second one. He. too. was running and hat
less and witli hair flying, but he was run
ning toward the enemy, and not from
them. The regimental color bearer bad
been shot down, and ours being one of
the color companies. Jimmie had quickly
seized the flag, almost before it fell, and
was carrying it forward, cheering his
companions on to the charge. He was no
longer “Our Baby,” but an incarnation of
the spirit of battle, leading and cheering
us on to victory. His whole aspect and
bearing had undergone a change. I had
no longer fears for "Our Baby" in time
of battle. In this, our last battle, we lost
our first lieutenant, and as vve were per
mitted at that time (o elect our company
officers. Jimmie was unanimously elected
third lieutenant, without a single pang
of jealousy on my part, although I stood
next in line, and the boys hail often as
sured me that I would next wear the
collar bar.
A short while after this an incident hap
pened in a Mississippi town that, although
it is at Jimmie's expense. I will relate
here, although it put that gallant officer
of late Confederacy in rather an unpleas
ant predicament. We were entering the
town, a place of considerable size and
importance, just after driving the Yanks
out. The place had been occupied by them
for several weeks, and the citizens were
greatly pleased with the prospect of be
ing relieved from the domination of the
enemy, and as we came marching in.
had gathered in numbers on the side
walks and on the front lawns and galler
ies. In the welcoming crowd were many
ladies with their house servants and
nurse girls and a good sprinkling of the
genus "black mammy.” The boys were
matching down the street, of course feel-
that it was worth all the hardship
and dangers they had encountered t« re
ceive such a welcome, while the officers
took the sidewalks. On one of the princi
pal street corners an exceedingly fat and
gorgeously dressed negro woman, plainly
a genuine “black mammy.” who doubt
less bad one or two of her “own true
w’ite children er flghtin’ in de a’my,”
stood, taking in the parade. She was evi
dently full of enthusiasm and patriotism,
and thinVicgr if her "'tior".vs in k- a’my."
and just as Jimmie came along in all the
pride of his new lieutenant's uniform of
Confederate gray, her enthusiasm bub
bled over, and she threw her ample arms
around the little lieutenant and dispite
his struggles lifted him clear of fhe
ground, exclaiming with fervor. “God
br-r'ss yer. little honey! Use mighty glad
ter see yer. sho’!” The ludicrous picture
presented by the two. with Jimmie’s legs
kicking wildly in the air in his struggles
to free himself, caught tlie attention of
the crowd, and tlie boys in line commenc
ed yelling. "Turn our lieutenant loose!
Let our lieutenant down from up there!
Here, boys, they have caught our lieuten
ant! What’re you doing to our lieuten
ant?” Tt was many days before Jimmie
heard the last of his capture, but he took
it all in good partt. and thus it soon pass
ed in innocuous dessuetude. He was
paroled captain of his company, and nev
er company had a better or braver one.
Lieutenant Sebe: Everybody knew
Lieutenant Sebe. Lieutenant Sebe was a
great ladies’ man. and nothing delighted
him better than the company and soci
ety of the fair sex. So he soon formed
acqaintances among the fair ones at al
most every camping place, however tem
porary the halting might be.
1 believe that Lieutenant Sebe was a
perfectly truthful man. and if lie ever
seared his extremely tender conscience
with a misstatement of facts, it was
when by so doing be could obtain a few
hours' leave of absence, to spend in the
society of some fair one he had discover
ed in visiting distance of the camp. He
had risen to his station as an officer, as
well as in tlie esteem of the men. entirely
by liis merits, and not by the aid of edu
cation or family influence. There was no.
i a better loved or braver officer in the
! army, and the boys thought none the less
j of him because he was devoted to all the
I sex instead of only one.
j In and around Atlanta the boys were
[ kept so busy fighting that we did not
have much spare time to devote to our
toilets, so Lieutenant Sebe. liimself. al
though a "ladies' man." got lo be rather
rusty in his attire. As I have intimated,
the early education of Lieutenant Sebe
had been somewhat neglected, and some
times he made slips of the tongue that
were amusing.
Several of us were in the parlor of a
good old Georgia farmer, who before the
war had been quite prosperous. and
whose commodious dwelling and extensive
and well cultivated fields yet proclaimed
a superabundance ot’ the good things of
this life. Among the nice and good things
lie had were a couple or three extremely
pretty daughters. These, with several
cousins and friends of like sex and fair
ness were entertaining us in the parlor,
while the good mother in the kitchen was
superintending the preparation of a boun
tiful supper. Lieutenant Sebe was stand
ing before the half-length looking glass,
viewing and lamenting silently the many
inroads the wear and tear of an extremely
hard campaign had made vitpon his once
magnificent lieutenant's uniform. One of
the young ladies said: "How do you think
you look, lieutenant?"
"Oh.” replied Lieutenant Sebe, "I sorter
examine a fox!”
The young lady did not push her inqui
ries further, and it was many days be
fore Lieutenant Sebe heard the last of his
"examination of a fox" in Georgia.
Jesse B was another of the old com
pany that 1 think worthy of a place in
this paper. He was not a very great fight
er. That is. he did not thirst after Yankee
blood. I don't think he would run in bat
tle without cause, but if he could avoid
going in without too great or too ap
parent subterfuge, he would always be
on sqme other post of duty. There was,
however, one accomplishment of Jesse
B that the boys appreciated very
highly. • and that was that he wrote a
fine hand and had the ability of counter
feiting that of almost anybody else to
such perfection that it would “pass mus
ter” frequently of that individual him
self whose chirography was imitated.
Jesse B . therefore, became the letter
INCIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Supreme Contempt for Conscripts.
Sonp Making for the Confed
eracy—The Stay-at-Homei'
Occupation.
a’noDYNS
Not every man who lived south of Mm- 1
son and Dixon’s line during the sixties
was a brave man. Sorry am I to record
that many of them did sundry things !
and made nil kinds of plans to keep out
of the war.
Among tlie various industries which up- j
cessity forced our people to employ as a |
source of livelihood was that of soup- i
making, anil so successful were they in
this that the fame of "lye soap," made
fiofn ashes that dripped their deep, reel
richness down through home-made hop
pers. spread abroad, and tlie- government
let out many contracts to make it for the
army. Here was a flue opportunity for
those craven-hearted beings who could ;
not face northern bullets, and readily did ;
they grasp it. They took these contracts 1
and proudly strutted about the quiet, sale
paths of home, clothed in tlie despicable |
garments of what they called "good ex- I
cuses."
In the small town of Crawford, Ala.,
which was then the s^at of Russell coun-
l>. and where many thrilling events of >
the war occurred, there lived a very !
wealthy young man who did this work,
and did it with so much vainglory that
he actually bedecked himself in fine linen
and kept his hair filled with grease, as
lie went nut on his rounds. Think of
this, will you—that worthless pate covered
with precious grease, while our poor, hun
gry soldiers had to do without it even in
their bread!
in appearance this man was a fac simile
of the present day dude, and as women
then, as now. had no respect save for the
genuine, manly article, he came in for
his full share of contempt and ridicule.
On the 14th (lay of February of the year
this dandy became a soap dealer he re
ceived a valentine which was so terrible
in its truth and sarcasm that even now.
after all these years, it will not do t«>
publish here. The girl who composed it
now- a grandmother, and she tells me.
as I write, that she wouldn’t let me have
it for the newspapers for a thousand dol
lars!
Two other Crawford dudes kept out of
the war by getting on the force to catch
deserters. One dark deed they commit
ted during their reign of power will live
forever and meet them face to face some
day when they are least expecting it.
In a small cabin in the piney woods
near Crawford a soldier was home on fur
lough. He had bravely served his coun
try ill (he thick of the fight for two years
snd was home now only because he was
disabled by sickness. Hearing o'f his
presence here, the two officers I ?) went
out to catch him. just as they would any
common traitor or deserter. When they
arrived they found him out in the field
making good time of the few remaining
days of his furlough. His little children
were with him. listening to and watching
ather” as he pitched his crop, so that
his family could work ii after his return
to the army. When he denied their right
to interfere with him and refused to go
with them, they then and there shot him
down in cold blood and left him dead in
the field, with his wife and little ones
wailing over him.
Glad am I to tell here of one man who
had so good an excuse that no reader,
not even the most unfeeling, will censure
him for not taking part in the war.
At cine of those meetings where the wo
men of all classes met together in com
mon concourse to make garments fyr our
soldier hoys there was present one day an
old maid, who sighed deeply as her "nee-
■ lle passed etaauily and regularly in and
out of the coarse fabric upon which she
was at work. After one* of these rieeo-
drawn sighs she was heard ro remark, to
no one in particular, "I’m glad my broth
er don't have to go to the war.”
Not a woman replied to this, very prob
ably for the reason that not one woman
there felt any interest in a man who, un
der any conditions, didn’t have to go to
fhe war. After this the old maid re
lapsed again into silence, broken only
by meaning sighs, until another half hour-
had passed, then she said in the veri-
same tone and the very same words. T'm
glad my brother don't have to go to the
war."
This was too much for female nature
ro endure, and a sharp voiced little wo
man sitting next to her asked: "And pray,
why doesn't he have to go?”
“Because, * was the slow, mournfnl re
ply. "he s dead, and he’s been dead these
twenty years.”
Xo set ol men were in such utter dis
grace and contempt with the boys in
gray as the conscripts:. They had no re
spect for them whatever, and despised
them as heartily as any brave man going
out to do his duty despises another who
lags behind until he is driven lo do it.
During the latter part of ’63 and the be
ginning of 't>4 a portion of our army was
in winter quarters in Decatur. Ga.. and
right near these quarters was a conscript
camp.
Among the many slang phrases which
the hoys had picked up was tlie on.
“Where'd you get that leather?" Witli
this intelligent and appropriate querv
they greeted every newcomer, stranger or
comrade, who happened to pass along. Xo
one paid any attention to it. or. if lie did.
passed it off as pleasantly as it was
given, until one day in Decatur, as they
.sat idly about the tents a fellow was
seen coming down the road on his way to
the conscript camp with a large bundle
under his arm. immediately on catching
sight of him one of the crowd yelled out.
"Where'd you get that leather?” then an
other took it up. then another, and still
another, until the phrase became one con
tinuous cry.
For awhile the lone pedestrian proceed
ed quietly on his way. paying no atten
tion, to them, but after a while he .halted,
hesitated a moment, then came straight
up to the camp and asked for the cap
tain. Captain Bellamy, who was present,
told him that he was the captain and
asked him what he would hace. "Sir."
said the conscript (as in truth lie was).
"what I would have is fair treatment
from your men. ! want to say to you
that 1 was walking peacefully by this
camp with a roll of leather which I had
gotten by legitimate means, and paid for.
from the factory down below here, and!
without any provocation whatever, your
men have grossly insulted me."
As the boys listened they were con
vulsed with laughter which they barely
managed to suppress, and the captain
had all he could do to keep his face
straight as he assured him that his men
meant nothing in the world by what they
said, that they really didn't know that
he had any leather and that the question
was simply a little bit of pleasantry
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